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Bessie Smith 1921 - 2010

Bessie Smith of Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio was born on March 22, 1921, and died at age 89 years old on May 27, 2010.
Bessie Smith
Toledo, Lucas County, Ohio 43615
March 22, 1921
May 27, 2010
Female
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Bessie Smith's History: 1921 - 2010

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  • 03/22
    1921

    Birthday

    March 22, 1921
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  • 05/27
    2010

    Death

    May 27, 2010
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    Bessie Smith lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 89.
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In 1921, in the year that Bessie Smith was born, in May, the Emergency Quota Act - or Emergency Immigration Act - was passed. The law restricted the number of immigrants to 357,000 per year. It also established an immigration quota in which only 3 per cent of the total population of any ethnic group already in the USA in 1910, could be admitted to America after 1921. Although the Act was supposed to be temporary, it stayed in effect until 1965.
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In 1934, at the age of just 13 years old, Bessie was alive when on June 6th, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission was formed as a response to the stock market crash of 1929 and the continuing Great Depression. Previously, the states regulated the offering and sales of stocks - called "blue sky" laws. They were largely ineffective. Roosevelt created a group (one member was Joseph Kennedy, father of the future President Kennedy) who knew Wall Street well and they defined the mission and operating mode for the SEC. The new organization had broad and stringent rules and oversight and restored public confidence in the stock market in the United States.
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